I think "laughing" modifies "children"
You use expression by explaining your feeling in writing form. Sadness is one of the most expressed feelings in writing. Here is a site to get you an idea if you want to write a story:
https://www.scoopwhoop.com/saddest-lines-from-literature/#.fs19fnc37
Hope it helps!!!
<span>abba abba cdcdcd
This is a traditional Petrarchan Sonnet Rhyme Scheme, and even though not all lines are perfect rhymes, they are close enough.
For example the rhymes for lines 1, 4, 5, and 8 are borne, worn, turn, forlorn. "turn" is not a perfect rhyme with the 'orn' sound, but it fits in well enough to fill out the rhyme scheme. </span>